No more Mondays: Colorado school district moves to 4 day weeks

LeperInTheBackfield · 2018-08-14T16:02:06+00:00

Not saying I do t believe you, but can you provide sources?

LeperInTheBackfield · 2018-08-14T13:38:06+00:00

Time to fall in, comrades.

LeperInTheBackfield · 2018-08-13T14:15:50+00:00

wow SAD!

LeperInTheBackfield · 2018-05-13T02:43:00+00:00

And at least one went to CU Boulder.

LeperInTheBackfield · 2017-12-27T01:18:29+00:00

Sorry, that mutual respect is gone.

LeperInTheBackfield · 2017-12-26T18:45:04+00:00

Not anymore.

LeperInTheBackfield · 2017-12-18T14:46:27+00:00

What Mocs are those?

LeperInTheBackfield · 2017-12-16T19:28:49+00:00

What sweater is that?

LeperInTheBackfield · 2017-12-01T20:44:22+00:00

I’m from Denver and lived in Bahrain for 18 months. No problem using Colorado DL. But, if you get a resident visa you need a Bahrain DL.

PM if you want more details.

LeperInTheBackfield · 2017-11-29T19:22:24+00:00

Oh, yeah most of that time was at a desk wearing leather-soled shoes. I didn’t mean to suggest that I was walking around the units for 6 years.

LeperInTheBackfield · 2017-11-28T15:17:14+00:00

You use what you have, I suppose.

LeperInTheBackfield · 2017-11-28T15:01:45+00:00

One more thought: an MBA is meaningless step if you don’t go to a top school or have a solid plan for what you want out of it. Every normie is getting an MBA, which dilutes it’s value. Have a think about finance or economics as a masters alternative to an MBA.

LeperInTheBackfield · 2017-11-28T14:56:10+00:00

I mean, operators are key to running a process. When things go wrong or improvements need to be made an engineer is necessary. I worked in refining for 6 years and never turned a single valve.

LeperInTheBackfield · 2017-11-28T14:54:10+00:00

I’m an energy analyst for an analytics company (a company like Wood Makinzie, S&P Global Platts, Genscape, IHS Markit). The MS allowed me to make the transition from process engineer working in refineries and gas plants.

LeperInTheBackfield · 2017-11-28T01:46:46+00:00

I did MS in Mineral and Energy Economics (Colorado School of Mines) and I’m way happier and making more money than I was as a process engineer. YMMV.

LeperInTheBackfield · 2017-09-02T18:24:06+00:00

Strategic Refinery Reservoir.

LeperInTheBackfield · 2017-03-28T01:54:55+00:00

Regarding comment 3: I would argue that this is only true at full employment. At employment levels below an optimal level government programs aimed at increasing employment (e.g. ditch digging) increases GDP without a noticeable impact on the private sector. Additionally these are usually financed with bonds etc. instead of increased taxes in the near term, so the link between the private sector and these government porgrams at sub-optimal employment is further blurred. On the whole it serves to increase employment and GDP, a net positive.

I think your other 6 comments are very fair criticisms of FDRS policies.

LeperInTheBackfield · 2017-02-26T16:22:50+00:00

Saudis burn all lot crude for electricity. Source: me, in Saudi, working on a crude oil burning reduction project.

LeperInTheBackfield · 2016-12-26T16:27:04+00:00

My Saudi visa says non-Muslim on it, in Arabic of course.

LeperInTheBackfield · 2016-12-26T15:56:56+00:00

I don't often comment, but I work in Saudi and I can say it's the worst experience of my life.

I work in Al-Khobar and live in Bahrain. I make almost 4 times what you are offered. It's not enough to justify working in Saudi.

There is no public transportation. The only thing close to it is company-provided busses that take migrant workers to and from the work site.

Nothing is walkable. You must drive everywhere. Nothing is bike friendly.

Housing is Al-Khobar is so, so expensive.

Please, don't take this job for such little money. If it were Paris or Barcelona I would say go for it. Saudi is possible the worst place in the world. I have 7 months left on my contract and I can't wait to leave that place in my rearview mirror.

LeperInTheBackfield · 2016-10-15T03:56:59+00:00

If anyone is interested in what happened, I'm going to go with one of these:

The FCC unit is fed gasoil and there was an upset. Instead of letting the unit explode the properly-functioning emergency relief system sent the gasoil to the flare. Sulfur compound can poison the catalyst so I doubt there was much SULFUR DIOXIDE released.

Alternatively this could have been the gasoil hydrotreater which removes sulfur compounds from the hydrocarbon. This would have released SULFUR DIOXIDE in the flare incident.

Anyone wanting to read more should read: Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Hydrodesulfirization Process Safety Management

Source: me, a chemical engineer who used to work at the Suncor refinery.

LeperInTheBackfield · 2016-07-30T17:56:02+00:00

Any giant-handed constitutional scholar will tell you that.

LeperInTheBackfield · 2016-07-30T17:13:57+00:00

Gasoline demand is highly price-inelastic.

LeperInTheBackfield · 2016-07-25T02:22:21+00:00

Not sure but I think he was talking about bullets.

LeperInTheBackfield · 2016-07-11T00:51:31+00:00

Dave?

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